1. TONGA
Gender and Social Inclusion at the heart of climate-proofing development
Regional Dialogue National and subnational budgets as a source of climate sensitive governance
Bangkok 4th March, 2019

2. Context Cultural context Climate and disaster risk
Community development
National development
Gender and Social Inclusion policy context

3. Gender and Social Inclusion
Gender Policy
Climate Change = real life issue that brings GSI to fruition
Gender and Social Inclusion

4. APPROACH
* Targeting the Community Development Planning (CDP) process * Risk-screening tool: risks to and from Disaster and Climate Change * GSI is central to the Risk Screening process

5. Lulunga Water Project Situation Priority in CDP
Recurring social and economic impacts
Pilot of CDP
The Project
Priority was clearly identified through community and district priority needs
The Results
Water harvesting tanks established in the Lulunga district (6 remote islands)
All year round water supply
Funding mobilised (public/ donor/ diaspora)

6. Policy implications Bottom-up reform by local government
Taking it to ‘scale’ through the budget process
Bringing the Human Lens to Climate Proofing Development

7. ! Malo ‘aupito !
Luisa Taunga